Wednesday, July 26, 2017

July 26,2017, 11:10:59AM,EDT

Tropical Storm Nesat is currently to the east of the Philippines and will bring dangerous impacts to Luzon and Taiwan this week.

Nesat
became the fifth cyclone to develop in the west Pacific basin in less
than a week's time. Nesat is known as Gorio in the Philippines.
Locations
from the northern Philippines to Taiwan should be on high alert for
potential impacts this week ranging from flooding rainfall and mudslides
to damaging winds.

The biggest concern across the Philippines will be heavy rainfall as the developing cyclone passes east of Luzon this week.
This
will create a strong easterly flow, pulling ample moisture into the
island and causing torrential downpours from Wednesday into this
weekend.
Rainfall has already totaled more than 50 mm (2 inches)
in Manila with more than 100 mm (4 inches) falling in Iba to the north
of the capital.
Flash flooding and mudslides will be possible
across Luzon with an increased risk each day as downpours continue over
the same areas.
The threats for Taiwan are becoming more clear now
that Nesat has developed, and it appears likely that Taiwan will be at
risk for a direct hit from the strengthening cyclone.RELATED:Taiwan Weather CenterPhilippines Weather CenterInteractive west Pacific weather Satellite
Impacts across Taiwan are possible as early as Saturday with the worst impacts expected from Sunday into Monday.
"Nesat is expected to be a typhoon when it reaches Taiwan," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Adam Douty.
"As a result, impacts ranging from widespread flooding and mudslides to damaging winds are expected," Douty added.
Interaction
with Taiwan will cause Nesat to weaken, however, flooding rain will
continue to be a concern into early next week as the storm stalls
between Taiwan and eastern China.
This stalling will continue the
risk for flooding across Taiwan, but also expand the risk into eastern
China, especially coastal Fujian province.
Elsewhere in the basin,
Typhoon Noru became the first typhoon of the season on Sunday. However,
the storm is expected to remain well east of Japan this week with no
impacts to land.
A track toward the west next week could bring Noru near Japan.